WEBVTT - Quit Being A Jerk Or You'll Come Back As A Bug

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<v Speaker 1>Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe, Katty Armstrong.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jetty and he.

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<v Speaker 3>Arms drawn.

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<v Speaker 2>Room deep in the bowels of.

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<v Speaker 1>The Armstrong and Getty Communications Compound. And hey, y'all, today

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<v Speaker 1>we're under the tutelage of our general manager.

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<v Speaker 2>Pump Freezing Executor. What pump freezing Executor? Is that a.

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<v Speaker 1>Supreme Court case that could be fundamental in the developing

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<v Speaker 1>news in this early part of the Trump administration.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow?

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<v Speaker 1>Interesting, that's something I've never even heard of. So here

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<v Speaker 1>I have a chance to learn something today. I'm telling

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<v Speaker 1>you don't mess with Humphreys executor. He will break you

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<v Speaker 1>in half. Boy, of course, I got a mix of

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<v Speaker 1>bird flu and what's that three letter one that's going

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<v Speaker 1>around RSV RSV? What's that stand for respiratory sinkial virus

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<v Speaker 1>something like that. I don't think I am not a doctor, Jack,

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<v Speaker 1>I think I got bird flu and monkey pucks.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, oh wow, that had to be quite a party.

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<v Speaker 2>It was. We had fun.

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<v Speaker 1>We all knew it was risky, but we had a

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<v Speaker 1>good time. The memories will last forever. The videos will

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<v Speaker 1>never be disclosed. No, we're all working from home now though,

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<v Speaker 1>So it didn't go well, so you're ailing, huh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>what are you gonna do? So midnight last night was

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<v Speaker 1>the deadline for you lazy government workers to put in

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<v Speaker 1>your list of the five things that you did last week.

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<v Speaker 1>And the deadline kind of came and went, and a

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<v Speaker 1>whole bunch of different department said, Hey, I don't worry

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<v Speaker 1>about it, and uh, I don't know where we are

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<v Speaker 1>on all that now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't want to over.

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<v Speaker 1>React to anything, because that's kind of what you do

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<v Speaker 1>when Trump is in the White House. But I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think it's a good look to issue spurious orders that

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<v Speaker 1>people kind of snicker at and ignore. Ere Elon Moskin all,

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<v Speaker 1>you got the ear of the President. I love the

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<v Speaker 1>doge thing. It's just don't do that. Why would you?

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<v Speaker 1>It does water down the next directive, doesn't it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know it's funny the counter arguments of burbling up.

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<v Speaker 1>In my mind, Elon would probably say, no, I just

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<v Speaker 1>wanted everybody to be talking about government workers having to

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<v Speaker 1>prove what they do.

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<v Speaker 2>Well.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, oh, that's why you're on SpaceX and I

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<v Speaker 1>don't run anything. Well, we probably have the clip, but

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump explained, any estates is just to see if

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<v Speaker 1>there's anybody there. I mean, if we don't get any response,

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<v Speaker 1>will assume that there's nobody even doing that. We've got

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<v Speaker 1>all kinds of people out there that don't even go

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<v Speaker 1>to work that we're paying, and we're just trying to

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<v Speaker 1>figure that out step one. So that's the way Trump

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<v Speaker 1>explained it yesterday. But the fact that so many departments,

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<v Speaker 1>including CHRISTINEO DHS Patel at FBI, his reasoning was, we

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<v Speaker 1>got way too many security issues to do this sort

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<v Speaker 1>of thing. But s and then another of other departments

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<v Speaker 1>did join in. But yeah, ultimately, I just wonder what

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<v Speaker 1>you wonder if it doesn't just like take a little

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<v Speaker 1>the air out of the whole doge thing and like

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<v Speaker 1>the next big directive to come down the line, people

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<v Speaker 1>kind of shrug at in a way that they wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have before. So we'll see, right, And just more generally,

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<v Speaker 1>it matters in a system like ours whether you have

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<v Speaker 1>popular support or not. Obviously it matters come election time.

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<v Speaker 1>But just cultural speaking, if the country were to be

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<v Speaker 1>swept up in doge mania and just be thrilled at

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<v Speaker 1>the idea of waste and fraud being eliminated and no

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<v Speaker 1>show workers fired from their jobs and taxes being lowered.

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<v Speaker 1>That would matter fundamentally.

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<v Speaker 2>To how successful it is.

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<v Speaker 1>So I just I can't decide if this one was

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<v Speaker 1>a dopey or again, maybe he just wanted America talking

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<v Speaker 1>about government workers.

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<v Speaker 2>What do they do? I'm sure we'll have to say.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, but Manny, never ending mass media attention

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<v Speaker 1>to here's someone who thought they could work in the

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<v Speaker 1>department forever and found out differently. I planned to be

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<v Speaker 1>here till I die, and now I don't know what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna do. Yeah, welcome to the rest of everybody else.

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<v Speaker 1>I just don't think that's landing the way they think

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<v Speaker 1>it's landing for America, though I would agree those stories.

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<v Speaker 2>I moved here for this job. Yes, I moved for

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<v Speaker 2>a job one time too, and it didn't work out.

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<v Speaker 2>It just it happens.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there's a headline in the New York Times today

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<v Speaker 1>fired federal workers worry about housing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm sure they do. And what else?

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Jones worked for the Department of Labor for twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three years doing something and now wonders, Yeah, I'm sure

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<v Speaker 1>he does doing something God, the idea that that government

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<v Speaker 1>employment is as sacrosanct, it's permanent. It's like being some

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<v Speaker 1>sort of high priest. Just stop it, America. What the

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<v Speaker 1>what the hell? What? What?

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<v Speaker 2>What?

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<v Speaker 1>How?

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<v Speaker 2>Did well?

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<v Speaker 1>This attitude is crept upon us. Now it's infected the

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<v Speaker 1>national psyche. Everybody has weird assumptions.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a question for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Since we're in the middle of a quadramic or maybe

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<v Speaker 1>even a quintemic, with four or five diseases.

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<v Speaker 2>Going around the country at one time, how.

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<v Speaker 1>Often do you feel like when you feel kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like I feel, is going to the doctor worth it?

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<v Speaker 2>We're a waste of time.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like most of the time it's a waste

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<v Speaker 1>of time in my life experience. Yeah, yeah, I would say,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, unless you have like a high fever or

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<v Speaker 1>there's just developed like really weird symptoms.

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<v Speaker 2>There's nothing there.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no medicine that you can't get over the counter,

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<v Speaker 1>probably and.

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<v Speaker 2>Rest, take some tile and all. I'll drink plenty of fluids.

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<v Speaker 1>When the doctor says rests, always want to say, sir,

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<v Speaker 1>are you gonna come take my kids to school?

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<v Speaker 2>Or how's this gonna work?

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<v Speaker 1>Could you get that lady up in the front office.

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<v Speaker 1>She didn't seem busy. Can I borrow her for the afternoon? Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, It's funny. I'm in a very cheery

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<v Speaker 1>frame of mind, delighted to be here with that's good.

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<v Speaker 1>My friend's doing my job, and I don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>get into what I texted you about.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to hear that.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to hear that it's well see, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>because then I will be angry, and I will I

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<v Speaker 1>will yell bad words, and I will want to murder people.

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<v Speaker 2>Specific people.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, maybe maybe you feel good and happy, but we

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<v Speaker 1>the listener like angry Joe. So if we can poke

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<v Speaker 1>you with a stick and maybe remind you of things

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<v Speaker 1>that have gone wrong in your life in the past,

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<v Speaker 1>anything to get you. I just I worry that every

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<v Speaker 1>time I get into that headspace it shortens my life

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<v Speaker 1>by five minutes, like smoking a cigarette.

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<v Speaker 2>Would that be something if.

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<v Speaker 1>They found that out, you might You might not know

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<v Speaker 1>this because I think this is way back in the day,

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<v Speaker 1>But anyway, they used to say every cigarette shortens your

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<v Speaker 1>life by seven minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>If they could do that, every time you.

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<v Speaker 1>Get pissed off it shortens your life by ten minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>that'd be funny.

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<v Speaker 2>We definitely would happen inside of dob okay, deepress, deep press.

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<v Speaker 1>Every time you get cussing angry, it shortens your life

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<v Speaker 1>by a quarter of an hour.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, can I get some sort of preview of the

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<v Speaker 2>last six hours of my life? Maybe that's a good thing,

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<v Speaker 2>you know.

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<v Speaker 1>God, Henry and I had a good discussion about that

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<v Speaker 1>the other day, pretty heavy, And maybe I'll get to

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<v Speaker 1>it later because it takes a lot of time. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't remember how we started, but we oh the idea

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<v Speaker 1>of dying in natural causes and how that used to

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<v Speaker 1>be just a thing and now it no longer is

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<v Speaker 1>they always have to name the specific thing that you

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<v Speaker 1>died of, as opposed to you know, you're ninety seven

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<v Speaker 1>years old, right. And then mainly the statistic that if

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<v Speaker 1>you ask people if they want to die at home

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<v Speaker 1>or at a hospital, it's almost one hundred percent of

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<v Speaker 1>people want to die at home. The reality is almost

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred percent of people die at a hospital. And

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<v Speaker 1>how crazy that is that we're that far off of

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<v Speaker 1>our wants from what we do. It's perverse. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's troubling. I'm sure there is some really really good

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<v Speaker 1>journalism out there. On why that is, and soon, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>the discussion will take a cheerier turn, I promise. But

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<v Speaker 1>that is so ugly and perverse it's hard to believe

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<v Speaker 1>it exists. What could be more my choice. There's also

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<v Speaker 1>the statistics. I don't have them in front of me,

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<v Speaker 1>but I know it. Something like ninety percent of the

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<v Speaker 1>money you spend on healthcare in your life is in

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<v Speaker 1>the last two weeks of your life or something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>So there's a lot of money changes hands in those

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<v Speaker 2>last couple of weeks. Yeah, my goodness.

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<v Speaker 1>Anywhow, that's an interesting topic we should start to show

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<v Speaker 1>officially before the FCC, which I don't know how many

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<v Speaker 1>of them responded with their list of the five things

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<v Speaker 1>they did last week we spent Armstrong and Gaudia warning

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<v Speaker 1>them for their language. That was one of those there,

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<v Speaker 1>Nippen champagne, some country clubs.

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<v Speaker 2>What did they even do? I'm probably a mouse Jut

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<v Speaker 2>they'll have gide on this.

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<v Speaker 1>It is Tuesday, February the twenty fifty or twenty twenty five,

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<v Speaker 1>where Armstrong and getting we approved of this program. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>begin then officially, according to FCC rules and regulations.

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<v Speaker 2>Here we go at Mark Jender the set of preface

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<v Speaker 2>we have. Woman is a social construct that we've agreed upon.

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<v Speaker 1>Typically we imagine womanhood as make a or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a difference between.

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<v Speaker 1>The word woman and being a biological female.

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<v Speaker 2>Woman is a social contract that we use. That's a

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<v Speaker 2>teacher or not just in college students.

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<v Speaker 1>That's an educator who has declared that woman is whatever

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<v Speaker 1>you want it to be, not it's completely different from

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<v Speaker 1>biological female. All right, I can barely bother to break

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<v Speaker 1>a sweat to answer an argument that idiotic and like

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<v Speaker 1>came around ten minutes ago and is rejected by the

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<v Speaker 1>vast majority of humans on earth. And when I say

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<v Speaker 1>vast majority, it's like everyone that is a conservative commentator

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<v Speaker 1>who's gone on college campuses and gotten into some arguments

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<v Speaker 1>with various teachers and students, and pretty revelatory as to

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<v Speaker 1>the attitudes on some of our campuses. And then you

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<v Speaker 1>need to decide whether you need to want to send

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<v Speaker 1>your kids there or if you've already sent your kids,

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<v Speaker 1>if that was a good idea, right, speaking of popular consciousness,

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<v Speaker 1>and if the society gets behind something, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>like who was it? There's a great Supreme Court Lincoln

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Twain, John Wayne, and somebody said essentially that if

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<v Speaker 1>the John Wayne, if the people, if the culture values

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<v Speaker 1>the Constitution, nobody can threaten it, really and if the

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<v Speaker 1>culture doesn't support the Constitution, no court can save it.

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<v Speaker 1>We have to believe in what we're doing. Anyway, It's

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's really important to have people aware of

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<v Speaker 1>how crazy education has gotten because it's off the rails.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of author rails, we should probably take a break

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<v Speaker 1>and have a time for Katy's headlines. Katie's headlines, We've

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<v Speaker 1>got mail bag. Later this hour, we'll get into some

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<v Speaker 1>of the news of the day all on the way.

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<v Speaker 2>Stay here. Wall Street Journal Editorial Board. Yesterday a sad

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<v Speaker 2>day for the United States at the UN. We can

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<v Speaker 2>talk about that later. That vote came down while we're

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<v Speaker 2>on the air.

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<v Speaker 1>We voted with Russia and some of the other awful

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<v Speaker 1>countries of the world against the idea of saying Russia's

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<v Speaker 1>a bad guy. Well, yeah, yeah, we can talk about

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<v Speaker 1>that looking forward to that. Also, Humphreys Executor and it's

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<v Speaker 1>outsized effect on the American scene and how it's an

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<v Speaker 1>idiotic court case that ought to be overturned and that

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<v Speaker 1>will definitely change the look of federal government. Oh really,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's in play because of what's going on now. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>to a large extent, it's these these organizations of these bodies,

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<v Speaker 1>these departments that are created by an Act of Congress,

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<v Speaker 1>but then they exercise executive power, but they're answerable to

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<v Speaker 1>nobody democratically speaking, they're not answerable to the executive branch.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was a dopey, in my opinion, nineteen thirty

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<v Speaker 1>five Supreme Court case during FDR's reign of socialist terror

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<v Speaker 1>that said.

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, that's that's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, they can do that, and it really hasn't been

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<v Speaker 1>tested since that I know of anyway, But that's in play.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll talk about that among other things to come.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, let's figure out who's reporting what it's sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>the monkey.

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<v Speaker 2>Pots, monkey pomps. Katie Greek Katie from the Washington Post.

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<v Speaker 4>Trump administration tells agencies that they can ignore Musk order

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<v Speaker 4>on email reply.

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<v Speaker 2>So who said that, Trump said?

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<v Speaker 4>Trump Administration telling agencies Okay. From Newsweek, Putin says Zelenski

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<v Speaker 4>has quote no chance in fair election as Ukrainians grow

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<v Speaker 4>frustrated with his leadership.

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<v Speaker 2>That's just not true.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't he's trying to posture himself for the negotiations

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<v Speaker 1>from the putin A. So I've said many times it's

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<v Speaker 1>like trying to manipulate an alligator emotionally. He doesn't care

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<v Speaker 1>whether you kiss his ass or threaten him. He doesn't care.

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<v Speaker 4>From Fox News, Israel delays Palestinian prisoner release over Hamas

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<v Speaker 4>disgusting hostage ceremony.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I want to talk about that a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>later on us. It's absolutely horrifying. It will probably mean

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<v Speaker 1>the end of this quote unquote peace process, which has

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<v Speaker 1>been phony from the beginning. And those two little kids

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<v Speaker 1>were murdered, murdered with the bare hands of Hamas. Little

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<v Speaker 1>kids or babies, well right, they were mutilated to look

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<v Speaker 1>like it was a bombing, even though the autopsies were unequivocal. So, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>if you weren't, This happened after we got off the

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<v Speaker 1>air on Friday. But when the Harmas gave back the

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<v Speaker 1>mom and her two dead babies, the babies had been

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<v Speaker 1>murdered and the mom wasn't the mom, and the caskets

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<v Speaker 1>were locked. It was all kinds of horrible jerking around Israel,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's no way Israel should put up with it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and it's intentional. It will get you know. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to get off on this tangent.

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<v Speaker 1>But Hamas doesn't want peace for a second. They want war.

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<v Speaker 2>I say give it to them.

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<v Speaker 4>The wording on this is priceless USA Today. Trump's announcement

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<v Speaker 4>of a right wing media figure as FBI's deputy director has.

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<v Speaker 2>The bureau worried. And we'll see how it goes. He's

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<v Speaker 2>a smart guy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's an unconventional choice.

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<v Speaker 4>ABC News apprehensions along the Southern border plummeted in January.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, because the word got out that there's no point

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<v Speaker 1>in coming to the border because you're not gonna get in,

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<v Speaker 1>and if you get in, you're gonna get deported.

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<v Speaker 5>That.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's that's the message we needed out there in

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<v Speaker 1>the world.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk about that too.

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<v Speaker 1>A really interesting perspective from a smart, fairly moderate guy

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<v Speaker 1>at The New York Times, pointing out that there is

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<v Speaker 1>not a single country on Earth that has permitted rampant

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<v Speaker 1>immigration that hasn't seen their right wing emerged to stop

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<v Speaker 1>it with huge popular support.

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<v Speaker 4>Shocking NBC fake video of Trump kissing Musk's feet displayed

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<v Speaker 4>at HUD office in Washington.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the HUD Headquarters Housing and Urban Development from They

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<v Speaker 1>got TV screens, you know, in the lobbies and here

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<v Speaker 1>and there, and somebody was it AI or something?

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<v Speaker 2>It's AI. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I also heard it described as a toe sucking video.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was. It was more toe Yeah, oh my, that

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<v Speaker 2>is gross. It is. I mean, I know some of

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<v Speaker 2>you like it, but okay. Moving on New York. Oh boy,

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<v Speaker 2>New York posts.

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<v Speaker 4>Married couple forced to sit next to woman's dead body

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<v Speaker 4>after she drops dead on fifteen hour flight.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, can I get a different seat? Poet M can't fight.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think she'll mind. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Finally the Babylon Trump fired after forgetting to reply.

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<v Speaker 2>To Elon's email. Yeah, i'd be.

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<v Speaker 1>Jamming her up in the overhead compartment. Can I move

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<v Speaker 1>your bag? I need to fit her up in here?

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<v Speaker 1>Bender always, Well, if you're gonna leave her in the

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<v Speaker 1>seat next to me, literally anywhere but right pressing against

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<v Speaker 1>my elbow, ikey.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the arm rest is mine. Dead lady.

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<v Speaker 1>If you miss an hour of the show, gets the

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<v Speaker 1>podcast Armstrong and Getty on demand.

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought it was great because we have people that

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<v Speaker 3>don't show up to work and nobody even knows if.

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<v Speaker 2>They work for the government.

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<v Speaker 3>So by asking the question tell us what you did

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<v Speaker 3>this week, what he's doing is saying are you actually working?

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<v Speaker 3>And then if you don't answer, like you sort of

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<v Speaker 3>semi fired or you fired because a lot of people

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<v Speaker 3>are not answering because they don't even exist.

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<v Speaker 5>Trying to turn feral workers into this sort of protected

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<v Speaker 5>class of victims, I think is a bad spin. Like

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<v Speaker 5>this is a country with massive private sector churn. People

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<v Speaker 5>lose their jobs all the time, and to say this

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<v Speaker 5>is all outrageous, I don't think as the political salience

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<v Speaker 5>of this where it's going to matter, and all of

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<v Speaker 5>this is competence.

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<v Speaker 2>When does it.

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<v Speaker 5>Seem like these guys are doing all of this chaos

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<v Speaker 5>stuff for chaos's sake rather than actually making the government

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<v Speaker 5>more efficient and more responsive to people's needs.

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<v Speaker 2>And time will tell on that.

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<v Speaker 1>Jonah Goldberg of the Dispatch, There, you got to remember

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<v Speaker 1>the trump of the White House before that, you got

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<v Speaker 1>to remember that the pushback is driven mostly by they

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<v Speaker 1>think it's horrifying that any government worker would ever be

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<v Speaker 1>challenged or fired.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what drives their emotion.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think some of that sincere and I think

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<v Speaker 1>some of it is just the if the other side

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<v Speaker 1>is doing it, I must act as if it's outrageous

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<v Speaker 1>and horrifying, even if it's fairly mundane. I like reining

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<v Speaker 1>in the bloat of the federal government. How can you

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<v Speaker 1>be in favor of bloat. I don't think anybody really is.

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<v Speaker 1>But if Trump's doing it, it's a horror. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>as a physical feeling. That might be my least favorite feeling.

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<v Speaker 1>Might bloat, bloated. I I prefer bloated to desiccate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's see that's completely dried out.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I don't know if that that happens to me

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<v Speaker 1>very often, but yeah, I do not like the feeling

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<v Speaker 1>of being bloated.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, okay, noted.

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<v Speaker 1>So a couple of things on the quick side, but

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<v Speaker 1>I think are pretty interesting. One of the things that

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<v Speaker 1>Trump administration is doing is going after these quasi independent agencies.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's the National Labor Relations Board or some of

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<v Speaker 1>the other agencies and commissions, Federal Trade Commission, you know

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<v Speaker 1>that sort of thing. If it's not an actual cabinet

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<v Speaker 1>and it says commission or board, it's it's one of

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<v Speaker 1>these quasi independent agencies, you know, decreed by Congress, but

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<v Speaker 1>then but.

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<v Speaker 2>Then answerable to nobody.

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<v Speaker 1>And there are a couple of disputes going on right

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<v Speaker 1>now having to do with Trump firing the heads of

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<v Speaker 1>some of these things, including a woman by the name

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<v Speaker 1>of gwyn will Cox who's a Democratic member of the

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<v Speaker 1>National Labor Relations Board. And the reason it's interesting is

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<v Speaker 1>that she and her lawyers are saying firing her is

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<v Speaker 1>a blatant violation of a statute as well as a

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen thirty five president called Humphreys executor, and that is virtually.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know what.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not an expert on this, but apparently the Supreme

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<v Speaker 1>Court has not really taken a serious look at these agencies.

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<v Speaker 1>Independent I'm quoting now from who wrote to Oh, it's

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<v Speaker 1>the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal. Independent agencies

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<v Speaker 1>are a constitutional chimera, that is like a half.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, half beast.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet the High Court blessed them sort of in the

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<v Speaker 1>Humphreys case. They said, quote, the Federal Trade Commission is

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<v Speaker 1>an administrative body created by Congress to carry into effect

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<v Speaker 1>legislative policies. Its duties are per formed without executive leave,

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<v Speaker 1>meaning control, and then the contemplation of the statute must

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<v Speaker 1>be free from executive control. Now, these bodies regulate much

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<v Speaker 1>of the US economy, and they're democlarocratically answerable to well

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<v Speaker 1>who exactly?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, right, that's why it's so crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>People yelling on the street about who elected Elon Musk,

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<v Speaker 1>Who elected all these people that are making up these rules,

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<v Speaker 1>sending me letters saying I got to sending more money

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<v Speaker 1>or I'm going to jail and whatnot. Right, Yeah, So

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<v Speaker 1>you know, to paraphrase the Constitution, the Congress writs the

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<v Speaker 1>laws and then the executive branch takes pains to execute

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<v Speaker 1>them faithfully. Right, Well, let's go back to that quote

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<v Speaker 1>from the Supreme Court in FDR's super progressive era, the

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<v Speaker 1>Federal Trade Commission is an administrative body created by Congress. Too.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the key phrase, carry into effect legislative policies. Does

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<v Speaker 1>that not sound like the executive branch? What does carry

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<v Speaker 1>into effect legislative policies mean? Probably enforce the laws means

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<v Speaker 1>you can probably do anything you want. Well, exactly, you

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<v Speaker 1>function as the executive branch. And the idea that that's

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<v Speaker 1>a fourth branch, a government not answerable to the actual

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<v Speaker 1>executive branch.

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<v Speaker 2>To me is looney tunes.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is it reminds me of the overturning of

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<v Speaker 1>the Chevron deference case earlier by the Supreme Court.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess last fall.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's terrific and it could have a fundamental

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<v Speaker 1>freeing effect on the economy, which means, you know, higher wages,

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<v Speaker 1>more economic activity, less paperwork for everybody. I was, so

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom line, you think the Supreme Court is going

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<v Speaker 1>to have to deal with this and come up with

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<v Speaker 1>some rules.

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<v Speaker 2>I think there's a really good chance.

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<v Speaker 1>Although often, you know, we Supreme Court watchers, Jack are

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes surprised and disappointed that the Court says, nah, we're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to look at that one, or tells the

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<v Speaker 1>Appeals Court they just tweak.

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<v Speaker 2>It a little bit. You know that the time is

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<v Speaker 2>here for bold action.

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<v Speaker 1>Other thing I promised we would talk about. Ah, And

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<v Speaker 1>it's interesting. David Leonhardt is he's an editor writer with

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<v Speaker 1>the New York Times. He does their morning newsletter. Thinking

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<v Speaker 1>he is remarkably moderate for a New York Times guy,

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<v Speaker 1>and a very smart guy. You know, I disagree with

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<v Speaker 1>him a fair amount, but he's one of those reasonable lefties.

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<v Speaker 1>But he published a Twitter thread and then an article

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<v Speaker 1>that expands on it, and I'm just gonna read you

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<v Speaker 1>part of it. The left has lost power in the US,

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<v Speaker 1>in Germany, Italy and Sweden, Canada and Australia appear to

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<v Speaker 1>be next, and the far right is growing across the West.

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<v Speaker 1>And the point of his article is, but there is

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<v Speaker 1>one European country where the left has won reelection and

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<v Speaker 1>marginalized the far right, Denmark. Why And then he goes

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<v Speaker 1>into some detail about Denmark's center left party is way left.

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<v Speaker 1>Part of that is because of oil money. Denmark lives

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<v Speaker 1>in a fan tannessy Land. It's a small, homogeneous country

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<v Speaker 1>that you know, everybody's ordained pretty much, that has humongous

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<v Speaker 1>amounts of oil revenue, and so they don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>behave like a normal economy and government behave.

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<v Speaker 2>So they're not a great example of much.

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<v Speaker 1>But he points out that the key difference between Denmark's

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<v Speaker 1>center left and the center left in the US and

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<v Speaker 1>much of Europe is that Danish progressives listen to working

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<v Speaker 1>class voters on immigration and reduced immigration levels. As Prime

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<v Speaker 1>Minister Unpronounceable told me, immigration is the number one reason

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<v Speaker 1>that the Danish left still governs even when the left

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<v Speaker 1>is in retreat most everywhere else. Consider this around the world.

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<v Speaker 1>There is not one clear example of a country that

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<v Speaker 1>has accepted large numbers of newcomers in recent decades. I

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<v Speaker 1>would point out, like completely willy nilly too, there is

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<v Speaker 1>not one clear example of a country that's accepted large

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<v Speaker 1>numbers of newcomers in recent decades while marginalizing the far

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<v Speaker 1>and reducing inequality. Immigrations and is now roiling politics in

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<v Speaker 1>the US, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Europe, and the Left's

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<v Speaker 1>recent strategy lecturing working class voters and ignoring the burdens

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<v Speaker 1>on their communities has not worked. And of course not

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, there's no doubt that if Biden had cracked

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<v Speaker 1>down on the border, he wouldn't have stated in office

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<v Speaker 1>because of actuary tables, but a Kamala or someone could

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<v Speaker 1>have won, no doubt. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, and what a

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<v Speaker 1>nightmare that would have been. So I don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>have like Stockholm syndrome where I'm trying to please my kidnappers.

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<v Speaker 1>So he won't beat me anymore or whatever with the

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<v Speaker 1>mainstream media. But because I love my country more than

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<v Speaker 1>you know, kicking the left.

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<v Speaker 2>The fact that.

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<v Speaker 1>The New York Times is saying, hey, immigration policy has

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<v Speaker 1>been abusive of the working class and they're not taking it.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know what else they're right is crazy over

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm glad to see it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Cool. And then that whole thing with uh Humphreys

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<v Speaker 2>what you might call it.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, Humphrey's executor, don't mess with him and scrotum

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<v Speaker 1>watchers are going to be seen if the Supreme Court

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<v Speaker 1>takes that up. Scotis Scotus is the generally usedttus acronym.

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<v Speaker 2>I get that mixed up all the time. Oh that's

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<v Speaker 2>that's got to be uncomfortable. You have to file an appeal.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and I've had some funny exchanges in the bedroom.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got mail bag on the way.

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<v Speaker 1>Our text line is four one five two nine five KFTC.

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<v Speaker 2>Four drinking songs. I've been drinking nightwith. That's what I'm drinking.

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<v Speaker 2>He is feeling a bit festive last night? Oh really?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? It got a little Thursday night ish on Monday night.

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<v Speaker 1>Got Thursday on a Monday gotcha. Yeah, I'm reminded of

0:26:54.520 --> 0:26:57.399
<v Speaker 1>the great old ninety seven song Every night is Friday

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<v Speaker 1>Night Without You. Anyway, it was lovely and I was

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<v Speaker 1>just feeling festive and perhaps tip the glass once more than.

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<v Speaker 2>I needed to. But what are you gonna do? How

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<v Speaker 2>many time you're gonna do? How many times do you live? Once? Once?

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<v Speaker 3>Ish?

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<v Speaker 2>Right, no offense to our Buddhist friends, yolo.

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<v Speaker 1>Their belief in reincarnation sounds like, I don't know, an

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<v Speaker 1>opportunity and a punishment. Well, it depends what kind of

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<v Speaker 1>life you live, right, You want to come back as

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<v Speaker 1>a human or a bug?

0:27:31.080 --> 0:27:32.920
<v Speaker 2>Could being a jerk. You're gonna come back as a bug.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's your freedom loving quote of the day, continuing on

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<v Speaker 1>our series from George Washington.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple of them because they're short.

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<v Speaker 1>Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

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<v Speaker 2>Ah, that's a good one.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Patriotism isn't always the last refuge of a scoundrel,

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<v Speaker 1>but it is sometimes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. And then finally this, this is.

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<v Speaker 1>A hundreds of year old version of one of your

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<v Speaker 1>favorite sayings, Jack, that the truth bats last. Well, Washington,

0:28:06.440 --> 0:28:09.520
<v Speaker 1>not a baseball fan, according to the historical record, didn't

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<v Speaker 1>get that reference. He said truth will ultimately prevail where

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<v Speaker 1>there are pains to bring it to light.

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<v Speaker 2>Reality bats last.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes it takes a long damn time, though the liars

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<v Speaker 1>are good at their jobs. Mailbag drops no mailbag at

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<v Speaker 1>Armstrong and Getty dot Com will begin with a bonus

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<v Speaker 1>quote set along by Scott from Bordeaux, France. Wow, that's

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<v Speaker 1>a humble brag again, no kidding, legendary wine growing region,

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<v Speaker 1>speaking of tipping the glass. I'd like to get there

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<v Speaker 1>sometime myself. I tried and the trip was canceled by

0:28:43.840 --> 0:28:47.680
<v Speaker 1>the damn COVID. Anyway, he quotes Margaret Thatcher, who said

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<v Speaker 1>power is like being a lady.

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<v Speaker 2>If you have to tell people you are, you aren't

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<v Speaker 2>good one. I love that. Maggie Thatcher, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Scott points out this one inadvertently also hits on Joe's

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<v Speaker 1>gender bending madness. If you have to say I'm a woman,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, speaking of hubble brags. I know someone that

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<v Speaker 1>every story they tell has to include when I was

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<v Speaker 1>in law school, just to make sure everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>Knows they went to law school.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't say when I was in college. You gotta

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<v Speaker 1>always say when I was in law school or when

0:29:25.160 --> 0:29:26.880
<v Speaker 1>I was younger. You don't even need to say when

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<v Speaker 1>you were in college.

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<v Speaker 2>We're back in school. Yeah, how about I go with

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<v Speaker 2>this one?

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<v Speaker 1>Just before I got my PhD, and it's still before

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<v Speaker 1>I got my PhD. Right now, that's a good one.

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<v Speaker 1>There you go right any minute though, I was working

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<v Speaker 1>on my PhD. When which is more or less it

0:29:47.320 --> 0:29:50.800
<v Speaker 1>will be the day I croak. Anyway, let's see Ted Wrights, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>the left wants to call mothers inseminated persons.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right.

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<v Speaker 1>Proposed law in Wisconsin, Tony Evers. The communist governors in

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<v Speaker 1>favor of this garbage inseminated persons. Really, they want to

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<v Speaker 1>reduce pregnant women to something out of the Handmaid's Tale.

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<v Speaker 2>Irony.

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Savage always claimed that liberalism was a mental disorder.

0:30:10.160 --> 0:30:12.360
<v Speaker 1>I always assumed he was just being hyperbolic. But when

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<v Speaker 1>you look at what the left has become and what

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<v Speaker 1>they support, mmmm, Well, in Wisconsin, of all places, you

0:30:17.440 --> 0:30:20.480
<v Speaker 1>can't get more regular person salt of the earth the Wisconsin.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you got the government in charges wack of doodles.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and that's the problem with our system, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a wonderful system. But you got a handful of giant

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<v Speaker 1>college towns, and then they enter the big cities in

0:30:34.080 --> 0:30:37.960
<v Speaker 1>Wisconsin and they dominate what is geographically a very big,

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<v Speaker 1>very red state. Moving along, rest in peace, ROBERTA. Flack Right,

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<v Speaker 1>Zabo I dismissed her as a fine, you know, soft

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<v Speaker 1>pop singer, not realizing what a jazz genius she was.

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<v Speaker 1>My ignorance on display, I apologize for it, he writes,

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<v Speaker 1>Those squealing corn pigs today couldn't order a pizza over

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<v Speaker 1>the phone without auto tune, let alone to be worthy

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<v Speaker 1>to even be a Roady carrying ROBERTA Flax microphones squealing

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<v Speaker 1>corn pigs.

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<v Speaker 2>I just like this sentence.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, couldn't order a pizza on the phone without auto tune.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a great blast. Sabbo jt and Livermore are always

0:31:18.880 --> 0:31:21.320
<v Speaker 1>good for a great email, says I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>Trump is playing seven dimensional chess or if he's utilizing

0:31:24.440 --> 0:31:26.840
<v Speaker 1>utilizing the art tactics from the Art of war, if

0:31:26.880 --> 0:31:31.080
<v Speaker 1>he's secretly a tai Chi master. But Trump a derangement syndrome,

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<v Speaker 1>and Trump's first term showed pretty clearly that the left

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<v Speaker 1>would oppose anything Trump stood for. Trump wanted secure borders,

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<v Speaker 1>low crime, kids back in school during COVID, Then the

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<v Speaker 1>left felt they must take the opposite positions. So what

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<v Speaker 1>does Trump do in his second term? He picks dozens

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<v Speaker 1>of policies that have eighty plus percent support and dares

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<v Speaker 1>the left to take the opposite stance, and they do

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<v Speaker 1>just that. They step on every rake that Trump leaves around.

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<v Speaker 1>They want massive illegal immigration, high crime, massive wasteful government spending,

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<v Speaker 1>green energy, doggles, poorn in elementary school libraries. They want

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<v Speaker 1>to protect convicted murders, rapists, and pedophiles from being deported.

0:32:06.760 --> 0:32:09.440
<v Speaker 1>They want to spend billions of dollars on trans plays

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<v Speaker 1>in foreign countries. Want to continue their racist d I programs.

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<v Speaker 1>They want men to play in women's sports and be

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<v Speaker 1>in women's locker rooms. They want to continue to sexualize

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<v Speaker 1>grade school kids and to perform irreversible experimental surgeries on

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<v Speaker 1>preprebescent kids against the wishes of their parents. How dumb

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<v Speaker 1>can one party be? Well, I'm saying just just let's

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<v Speaker 1>be smart, let's be strategic, not give them an opening.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see a grant.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>So, maybe I'm giving Trump too much credit, But what

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<v Speaker 1>if he's using this mineral rights issue with Ukraine to

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<v Speaker 1>strong arm Russia. Once the US owns those minerals, couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>we defend them from Russia? Well, yeah, that is many

0:32:49.400 --> 0:32:52.880
<v Speaker 1>people's take. Not this way, but more of the good

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<v Speaker 1>news in this would be we would have a real

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<v Speaker 1>interest in making sure Russia doesn't take over Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 2>That would be the security guarantee.

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<v Speaker 1>You probably you're definitely onto something grant and we'll talk

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<v Speaker 1>about that more later. Love this from Matt Land, surveyor,

0:33:07.080 --> 0:33:08.960
<v Speaker 1>longtime friend of the Armstrong and Getty Show. Helped me

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<v Speaker 1>out personally once or twice. Dear a g read the

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<v Speaker 1>California bull s train. You're discussing that a majority Californians

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<v Speaker 1>are still in favor of it. Effing kill me right.

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<v Speaker 1>Your explanation of why was a good one makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>The polling question was worded intentionally and could easily mislead

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<v Speaker 1>the average Californian who's not really paying attention. Classic polling technique.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, there may be even more to that. Back

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<v Speaker 1>to Trump derangement syndrome, Trump said he was against the

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<v Speaker 1>bullet train. Therefore the blue voters in California are for it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm waiting for the day that Trump comes out pro

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<v Speaker 1>abortion even up to the third trimester, and that it's

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<v Speaker 1>permissible in all fifty states and that the federal government

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<v Speaker 1>will pay for it, because I'm convinced that liberals will

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<v Speaker 1>then start talking about baby killing and the sanctity of life,

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<v Speaker 1>while Republicans will begin reciting whatever reason Trump gives being

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<v Speaker 1>pro abortion.

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<v Speaker 2>Does anyone think for themselves anymore? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Trump should say every girl's volleyball team has to have

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<v Speaker 1>at least one dude on it, and the mainstream medium,

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<v Speaker 1>the left would go opposite women's rights.

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<v Speaker 2>Why don't we protect wemen's faces. This is the misogyny

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<v Speaker 2>of the Trumpet ministration.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think he may be right that that that

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<v Speaker 1>Ukraine issue with the mineral rights and stuff, that's really interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>So we if we were getting like fifty percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the revenue or whatever they're going to work out, then

0:34:26.600 --> 0:34:28.680
<v Speaker 1>Trump would say to putin or the agreement would be hey,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's that's that's a lot of money for us.

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<v Speaker 2>So don't be going to mess in with our with

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<v Speaker 2>our with our hustle, and I will steal man, as

0:34:37.040 --> 0:34:38.080
<v Speaker 2>we say these days.

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<v Speaker 1>The Trump administration foreign policy philosophy that seems to be

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<v Speaker 1>taking shape of a great powers world as opposed to

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<v Speaker 1>an international order, laws and traditions world. I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 1>I agree with it, but at least we can understand

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<v Speaker 1>what he is trying to do it. I think so

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<v Speaker 1>or on that to come coming up next hour. Kicking

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<v Speaker 1>off next hour, Tom McClintock, Congressman, fiscal conservative, who wants

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about Doge, how it's going, some of the

0:35:10.080 --> 0:35:11.960
<v Speaker 1>idiotic coverage it's getting in the media.

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<v Speaker 2>I think this will gratify yee. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like to talk to him about where he thinks

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<v Speaker 1>we are on the big tax bill, because the Trump

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<v Speaker 1>tax cuts expire and they got to get to work

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<v Speaker 1>on that real soon, like in the next couple of weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's going to be quite the political battle.

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<v Speaker 2>And I haven't paid my taxes in like ten years,

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<v Speaker 2>so I'd like to know what the future looks like.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh jeez, if you miss podcast Armstrong and Getty on

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<v Speaker 1>demand Armstrong and Getty